Supporting device for nursing-bottles.



Patented July 9, 1918.,

A. BARLOW.

SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR NURSING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 25. 1913. 1 271,994.

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ATTORNEY 3 E M W useful Improvements in ARTHUR BAnLow, or BROOKLYN, NEWYORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 WALTER MQDOUGALL, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SUPPORTING DEVICE roe NURSING-BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul e, 1918.

Application filed November 25, 1913. Serial No. 802,957.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that L'ARTI-IUR BARLOW, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have made and invented certain new and SupportingDevices for Nursing-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a supporting device for nursing bottles, theobject of the same being to provide an article of this kind or characterwhich shall be simple and economical to manufacture, and which maytherefore be sold at a comparatively low cost, which may be easily andreadily attached to or detached from a chair, crib, or other article offurniture or support, and which may be instantly turned or adjusted tobring the bottle within or taken out of reach of the infant. lVith theseand other ends in view, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and combie nations of parts as will be hereafter fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of abottle supporting device constructed in accordance with my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View through the clamping device and taken on theline 22 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through the clamping device on the line8.3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the clamping plate.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken through the bottle clamping end of thesupport, the bottle being removed therefrom.

By reference to the'drawings it will be seen that the suporting deviceconsistsof a main rod or bracket 6, twisted or bent in severaldirections, as illustrated at 7, and into one end of which telescopes anauxiliary arm 8, the latter being slitted or slotted as illustrated at 9in order to impart thereto a spring tensionfor holding said arm 8 in anydesired adjustment with relation to the main arm 6. On the outer end ofthis auxiliary arm 8 is formed, or has secured thereto, a bottle clamp10, preferably made of spring metal and shaped to partially encircle thebottle 11, this construction and arrangement of parts permit ting theauxiliary arm 8 to be partially pulled out of the main arm 6 to therebyslightly lengthen the same, and also to permit of its being twisted orturned within said main arm 6 in order to allow of the bottle 11 beingturned in either direction, that is, toward the right or the left, andeither toward or away from the infant.

The opposite end of the main arm 6 is detachably secured to the arm 12of the chair, crib, carriage, or other support, by means of a clamp,this clamp comprising a frame or yoke formed with the two arms 13, thefree ends of which are provided with holes Or openings through which themain arm 6 passes. Between the arm 12 of the chair or other support andthe main arm 6 of the bracket, is located a clamping plate 14,illustrated in perspective in Fig. 4, this clamping plate being slightlybent or curved to conformto the curvature of, and more accurately fitand bear on, the main arm.

6 with which it contacts as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, the edges ofthis plate being bent downwardly and serrated as illustrated at 15 inorder to bite into the wood of the arm 12 and thereby more securely holdthe device thereto. To the yoke of the clamp is secured a sleeve 16internally threaded and through which passes the clamping screw 17, thefree end of this screw impinging against the arm 12 of the chair orother support, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, it being readilyunderstood that when the clamping screw 17 is turned it will beartightly against the arm 12, which in turn bears tightly against theclamping plate 14, and which in turn bears tightly against the main arm6 passing through the openings in the free ends of the yoke.Furthermore, it will be understood that by loosening the clamping screw17 the main arm 6 may be moved lengthwise through the ends of the yoketo any desired adjustment, and the main arm 6 turned on its axis, withthe result of tilting the bottle into any position as may be desired, atthe same time permitting the clamp, with its en aging arm 6, to be movedalong into any position on the arm 12. In other words, by constructingand arranging the clamp as illustrated and above described, and also bythe employment of the telescoping auxiliary arm 8, the bottle holdingclamp 10 may be brought into any desired'p'osition with relation to thearm of the chair or other support as may be desired, that is, it may bemoved to ward or away from the arm of the chair, and it may be raised orlowered and tilted by turning the main arm 6 on its axis, and theauxiliary arm within the main arm, and thereby permitting the bottle tobe moved to any place or location with regard to the chair, crib, etc.,and into any desired position.

' It will also be understood from the foregoing that the invention isexceedingly sim ple and economical in construction, and when nickelplated or otherwise ornamented, presents a very neat and pleasingappearance, and that the contained bottle may be easily and readilyadjusted to any location and position by simply loosening the clampingscrew 17 and turning the auxiliary arm 8 held by friction or springtension in the very end of the main arm 6.

What I claim is:

1. A bottle supporting device of the character described comprising abent main arm, and a telescopic auxiliary bottle clamping arm fitting inone end thereof, and a clamp, said clamp comprising a yoke, through thefree ends of which passes said main arm, a clamping plate located andmovablebetween the arms of said yoke, and a clamping screw passingthrough said yoke whereby to hold the several parts in their properrelative positions.

2. A bottle supporting device of the character described and consistingof a main arm having fitted in one end thereof an adjustable auxiliarybottle clamping arm, and a clamping device, the latter comprising a yokethe free ends of which are provided ith openings through which said mainarm passes, a curved clamping plate located between the arms of saidyoke and impinging against said main arm and edges thereof serrated forthe purpose of securely holding the same in position on a chair or othersupport, and a clamping screw assing through said yoke and adapted tobear at its free end against the said chair or other support,substantially as described.

8. A bottle supporting device of the character described comprising amain arm, an auxiliary bottle clamp rotatably carried at one endthereof, and a clamp, said clamp having the bent comprising a yoke,through the free ends of which passes said main arm, a clamping platelocated and movable between the arms of said yoke, and a clamping screwpassing through said yoke whereby to hold the several parts in theirproper relative positions.

4. A bottle supporting device of the character described, consisting ofa main arm, an auxiliary bottle clamping arm rotatably carried at oneend thereof, and a clamping device, said clamping device including ayoke, the free ends of which are provided with openings through whichsaid main arm passes, a curved clamping plate located between the armsof said yoke and impinging against said main arm and having the bentedges thereof serrated for the purpose Ofsecurely holding the same inposition on a chair or other support, and a clamping screw assingthrough said yoke and adapted to ear at its free end against the saidchair or other support. 5. A clamp for a bottle supporting devicecomprising a yoke, the free ends of which are provided with openings forthepassage of a rod therethrough, a curved clamping plate locatedbetween the arms of said yoke and adapted to impinge against said rodand having the bent edges thereof serrated for the purpose of securelyholding the same in position on a chair or other support, and a clampingscrew passing through said yoke and adapted to hear at its free endagainst the said chair or other support. 7 j

6. A device of the character described eompri sing a main arm the upperportion of the free end of which bent portion is hol-v low; means forsecuring said main arm to a supporting structure; an auxiliary armextending into the hollow free end of said bent portion, tatably andangularly adjustable within said free 'end;.and clamping spring fingerscarried by said auxiliary arm. 7

Signed at New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, this 19th day of November, A. D. 1913. r

x ARTHUR BARLOW.

Witnesses: c

PETER L. Srms, CHAs. F Monnnn.

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